APPenny Hardaway is looking to come back to the NBA with the Miami Heat. Here he is in 2004 in his short-lived Knicks career. He last played in the NBA in 2007 with the Miami Heat. He last played well in the NBA in 1999 with the Phoenix Suns.

Well, in just about the least predictable twist of fate of all time, players are popping up from nowhere to try and jump on the Miami Heat roster. Just ask former Knicks guard Penny Hardaway.

The Daily News is reporting that Hardaway is lobbying for a slot on the Heat roster, via his online radio show.

The DN's Bobby Melok writes:

Penny Hardaway, a four-time NBA All-Star guard, told the Bottom Line Sports Show, an
online radio program, that he wants to take the court in a small role
with the Heat next season.

Hardaway, however, is 38 years old and
hasn't played in an NBA game since he was released by the Heat in
December 2007.

"I didn't get a chance to finish my career the way I
wanted," Hardaway said on the show, which he co-hosts. Charles Oakley is an executive producer.

It looks like Hardaway has visions of championship rings in his eyes, the kind he came so close to winning when Penny, Shaquille O'Neal, the free-throw missing Nick Anderson and the Orlando Magic missed out on in 1995, when they were swept by the Houston Rockets.